St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08
RUNNING THE CITY.
The Council Gets Away With the
Usual amount of Routine

The Council Gets Away With the
Usual amount of Routine.
At the regular meeting of the council
last evening all the aldermen were present
except Sly. As soon as roll call was fin
ished Aid. johnson moved that the chair
appoint committee of five to canvass the
vote. The chair appointed as such COM
mittee Aids. Johnson, Morse, Downs,
Cooley and Mareck. who Immediately re-
tired and began the work. When the reg
ular business was taken up the appoint
ment of Thomas E. Newlove as official
Stenographer of the municipal court was
considered and approved by a unanimous
vote. Aid. Babb. of the committee on
claims. reported bills aggregating S.. 500, of
which amount ST. OIL was for election eX-
penses. Warrants were ordered drawn for
the amounts.
The city engineer submitted schedule
of bids received for grading Clinton ave-
nue.. from Twenty-siXth street to Twenty
seventh street, which was referred to the
alderman from the Eighth ward. Aid.
Haugan made a motion that the sum of
$50, 600 be temporarily transferred from the
permanent improvement fund to the gen
eral fund.- the amount to be paid back after
the June settlement, which was unani-
mouslY adopted.
A communication from the committee on
roads and bridges, favoring the widening of
Lyndale avenue, from Sixth avenue north
to Twentieth avenue north, to uniform
width, was adopted. The same committee,
to whom was referred a communication
from the Stonemasons' International union,
No. 4, requesting that practical stone-
masons be appointed as inspectors or
foremen On stone masonry work
done by the city, recommended
that the request be granted. A discussion
ensued and the matter was finally referred
back to the committee On the recommen-
dation OF the committee OH streets, grades
and additions the plat Of Robinson's addi-
ton to Minneapolis was accepted. Aid.
Dwyer gave notice, when the matter of
sprlnkl!ng streets came up, that at the next
meeting he should present a resolution
compelling the street railway company to
sprinkle the streets, to a certain extent
upon which the tracks ran. The resigna-
ton of Col. j. w. Henion, as superinten-
dent of the waterworks department. was
read and unanimously adopted. The appli-
cation of j. Z. Bell, for rebate on sidewalk
tax on the ground that he was going to
build big hotel there next year, was re-
ferred to the alderman from the Fourth
ward. The matter of extending and OPEN
ing Broadway. from Main street to Thir-
teenth avenue northeast, was referred
to the committee on roads and
bridges. To the same committee
was referred the matter of eX-
tending and opening North Humboldt ave
nue.. from Western avenue to Sixth avenue
north. The following gentlemen were APP
pointed commissioners in the matter: A.
p. Chase, j. o. Wells, j. G. McFarlan, f.
F. Andrews and Ole Byorum. On motion
of Aid. Pratt the following amounts were
ordered paid to the persons named, as soon
as clear title was given, for land taken in
opening Monroe street: William McKin-
ney, 81, roo; Eliza LIE Claire 81. 900. n.
IL. Roberts was also allowed 5000 for trees
on land taken in laying out and opening
East 1wenty-sixth street, from Chicago
avenue to Fort avenue. The council then
took recess until the canvassing committee
reported